God a 'hard act to follow' - billboard

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:24p.m.

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Churches around the country are getting ready for Christmas. For many this might mean a nativity scene with donkeys, wise men and of course, the baby Jesus.

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16 Dec 2011 07:16a.m.

theprinterlady wrote:

The problem I have with the above is that the Archbishop, in his push to show the "real" side of Christianity, falls right into the trap of portraying Jesus as the original "anti-Jew" by saying that Jesus introduced a radical hospitality to the poor, etc. That is not so. The Essenes had started the inns as hospitals; the Torah teaches kindness to enemies and animals, Rabbinical teachings from before Jesus' day are very much into kindness, hospitality, etc. Anyone with any training whatsoever in the Jewish faith (and Jewish documents that pre-date Jesus) knows that Jesus was not a "radical" Jew in that sense. In the sense that he believed in an apocolyptic future, maybe. In the sense that he believed he was going to save Israel from Rome, maybe. But his messages (which do not include his supposed deity, BTW) fit well into the known Jewish tradition of the time. If we REALLY want to start paying attention to the "real" messages of a religion, the place to start is by becoming educated as to the actual history, teachings, traditions, and meanings of other religions... and quit elevating our own religion at the expense of others. You can't preach "do unto others" and then do others in to get ahead. Unless, of course, that's how you want someone to treat YOUR religion.

15 Dec 2011 07:05p.m.

Patrick Keyser wrote:

Is it possible for anyone to comment without either being rabidly anti-religion OR being sanctimoniously offended? I for one found nothing wrong with it, although I hope the Archdeacon anticipated any possible negative reaction. Please, fellow Christians, there are worse things to be done. By punishing those who find humor in our faith, you make the side of faith humorless and inhospitable while at the same time swelling the ranks of the nonbelievers. In order to parody anything well, one needs to, in one's heart, truly love it. Anyone who makes fun of something they truly despise only comes off as spiteful and mean-spirited. Why do you force the only people who can poke fun at God and laugh about our own flaws with him to be silent, thus FORCING all humorists to the side of atheism? That's both counterproductive and narrow-minded. Only the truly faithful can make faith funny.

04 Jan 2010 07:02p.m.

The amazing athiest wrote:

Its amazing that u christians are to blind to see the joke read the article then comment or are ur minds just to small for that?